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Radio Dream Team
Central Kansas
Basketball has been around now for 117 years, and I still have some questions.
Why were there peach baskets just laying around in the Springfield, Mass., YMCA on that fateful December day that Dr. James Naismith first trotted out his new game? It strikes me not only as a fire hazard, but as unnecessary clutter.
What if the good Dr. had used some other device, such as an... More 
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Minnesota Heat makes its mark
St. Paul, MN
So, what do you do when your competitive basketball playing days are over but you are still a confirmed basketball junkie? If you are Willie Vang from Irondale, you start your own youth basketball club!
At the ripe old age of 18 years old, Vang strolled into the Minnesota Youth Athletic Services office in Columbia Heights and announced that he’d like to start up a new spring/summer basketball club and... More
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Hey Ref!
Louisville, Kentucky
Basketball players who wear earrings are a constant challenge for basketball officials at the middle school, freshmen, junior varsity, and varsity levels.
The National Federation of State High School Associations, of which Kentucky is a member, states in its basketball rulebook that “Jewelry is prohibited.” (However, religious and medic alert medals are not considered jewelry and may be worn. Usually these two items are taped under the uniform.)
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What's Your Potential
Louisville, Kentucky
Ninety percent of an iceberg is hidden from sight under water. Only the tip (or 10 percent) is visible to the naked eye. Like an iceberg, only a small percentage of your potential is floating on the surface for everyone to see. The other 90 percent is hiding from view, inside you. Your friends and family may not be able to see it. Sometimes even you might doubt that it’s... More
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Wrestling, Arkansas — A Perfect Match
Western Arkansas
I started attending the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament in the 9th grade. Our school sponsored a “pep bus”, so students could support state-bound wrestlers. Our program wasn’t good enough to qualify the entire team, but usually four or five individuals qualified.
Up until a few years ago, 1930s era Veteran’s Auditorium (AKA “The Barn”) played host to the four-day event. We would normally arrive for the second... More
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A Loud Fan
Eastern Oklahoma
Fan, a person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause. Everyone is a fan of something, whether it may be your schools football team, or the swim team. Whatever your choice is, a fan is a fan. But how do you know if you are the real deal? The easiest way to test yourself is to see if you are “loud”.
Loyalty: Be someone... More
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Bleacher Banter
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
It's the Regional Finals of the High School Football State Playoffs. Your team leads the game 7-6 with just 11 seconds left on the clock. The opponent is lining up for a game-winning field goal attempt of 25 yards. Tension runs thick from the field to the bleachers. The players line up, the snap goes to the holder, the kick is up... It's wide left! You win! Your team is... More
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Ask the Expert: College Recruiting, Eligibility and Compliance
Eastern Oklahoma
Once you decide to participate in college athletics, it’s important to understand the strict code of rules and regulations that go along with it. After a 20-year career in the field of compliance, I hope to shed a little light on some of the common questions that I hear from parents and student-athletes.
Q. I called and left a message for a college coach asking him to call me... More
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Have you made a decision to change?
Eastern Oklahoma
Before you engage in a change initiative you must have a purpose, which will allow you to define the reason for change. For example, when I decided to change careers, I had to decide on what was driving me to change. At the time, I was not sure how to go through a process that would allow me to be successful change initiative. Over time I discovered that a successful... More
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Time to Get Something Out of Your Practice Time
Central Oklahoma
We have heard the old adage of “practice makes perfect.”
And we have heard the updated version of “perfect practice makes perfect.”
Now let me give you a scenario: You are a youth-league coach, you have 60 minutes per week for practice with 10 third graders, two basketballs and one hoop.
Now try putting that old adage to work.
Youth basketball today, whether it... More
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See it, then do it
Central Oklahoma
When I was an undergraduate student back in the late 1970s, our professors in the school of mind science proudly taught us about the new discovery of what they termed the “Mind-body connection.’’
For hundreds of years prior, scientists had assumed the mind and the physical body were two totally things.
We were also taught the mind’s influence over the body could be controlled to a major... More
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83 Reasons to Love Wes Welker
Central Oklahoma
My wife, Sarah was working at Western Village Academy, an Oklahoma City public school that is chartered by Integris Health.
Sarah had been working there for several years and had fallen in love with the kids. Many of the kids at WVA were in tough economic situations and some of the kids were known to have a tough home life.
Every week I would go over... More
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The High School Game is Still Where it’s At
Central Oklahoma
I have a confession.
Basketball really may be my favorite high school sport to watch and report on.
I know football rules this state, and believe me, it’s hard to top a crisp November Friday night of football fun. But over the past couple years, I have realized my love for high school hoops. Just the atmosphere inside all those great gyms across the state is... More
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Listen Up: There’s Plenty to Learn
Central Oklahoma
The lessons are everywhere.
If you're a high school athlete, you need not look far for pointers, reminders, good advice or, sometimes, advice so bad you intuitively know to head the other way.
You can find them in the pros, in the college game or at the level you find yourself now. Many of them, you'd think your elders, the collegians and pros, would know better or simply... More
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Life in the Fast Lane
Western Arkansas
High school sporting events are some of the area’s premier destinations for entertainment because they cater to all ages. But as the seasons change and things slow down, so do high school sports, leaving many with nothing to do. That is until a group decided they wanted to speed up the Northwest Arkansas entertainment experience.
Fast Lane Entertainment, Northwest Arkansas’s newest entertainment destination, is a place for sports... More
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Central Oklahoma -- It’s basketball season, and while we’re watching the action on the floor, we also wanted to know about the coaches...
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Being Graham Colton
by: Andrew Gilman
Central Oklahoma -- VYPE caught up with Colton, who is in between tours, to ask him about life, his friend Wes Welker, and...
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Leading by example
by: Nate Hackey
St. Paul, MN -- It’s 10 p.m. when Mark Sonnen is finally able to answer the phone.
After half a day of school,...
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A Letter From the CEO
by: Phil Temple
Central Indiana -- A LETTER FROM THE CEO
Happy New Year! The dawn of 2008 seems like the perfect time to share...
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Resolve to be Better
by: Derek Burleson
Western Arkansas -- As our holiday memories fade in the rearview mirror, this time of year is not only about looking back, but focusing on what’s ahead. With...
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MRSA & Staph Related Bacteria
by: Lisa Morris, Sani Sport of Berks
Reading, Pennsylvania -- Why has MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) become so prevalent in our communities? Actually it has been gradually increasing in strength and numbers. This is due...
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Life in the Fast Lane
by: Will Flowers
Western Arkansas -- High school sporting events are some of the area’s premier destinations for entertainment because they cater to all ages. But as the seasons change and...
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